Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-24
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
A BRIGHT young niece Of Maria Nit.
chell Of Vassar, is one of the proof readers

A BRIGHT young niece Of Maria Nit.
chell Of Vassar, is one of the proofreadcrs
on the new Century dictionary.
KING MILAN of Seryia has been mar
tyr to toothachc and neuralgia ever since
his little fuss with Bulgaria He ascribcs
his trouble 10 exposure in the field.
JENNIE June has stepped into her new
place as editor OF Godey's Lady's Book.
and begun her tasks rs encrgetically rs ii
she had not thirty years and more OF busy
pen and labor behind her
KATE SANBoRN describes Prof. Felix
Adler rs tall and rather distinguished
looking man. pale and scholarly, with "A
bald and conical head. close shayen beard,
and full of what he has 10 say--no con
seriousness in positions or manner.
LOUISA VI. ALCoTT, now and then as Il
special favor, accorded to party of school
girls on n pilgrimage 10 Concord oftencr
than anybody else perhaps. takes from her
desk an old fashioned portfolio and eXhib
its quantity Of sketches after Turner
made 10y her artist sister, the original of
Amy in Little Women" who married
and died abroad
THE cabinet Of President Pierce was un
disturbed by designations throughout his
term of office. Such record is unparal
leled in the history of the republic. Two
members of the famous cabinet alone sur
vivc. One is Jefferson Davis. who was
Secretary of War, and is now - years Of
age. The other is cX-Judgc Campbell, Of
Philadelphia, who was Postmaster General
under Pierce He is now -. is i'm good
health, and lives quietly in the Quaker
city.
GEN. SAMUEL GREG, formerly Russian
Minister of Finance who has just died,
was of Scotch extraction. His father and
grandfather were Russian admirals of dis
tnction. lie settled the expenses Of the
Turkish war ca and '1s) for 800 000, 900
rubles. In 1850 he contracted Il metallic
loan without restoring TO the assistance of
foreign syndicates lie devised a system
of taxes yielding u 600 600 rublcs Il year,
but he was depoSed by a court intrigue
and Russia now regrets it.
Mrs. HELEN VI. AVERY Of the Interior
Department is the most accomplished pen
woman among the II, 900 and more Gov
eminent clerks The President is a great
admirer of her penmanship, and frequently
refers 60 il in complimentary terms when
it comes as it often does. under his Obsery-
ance. Mrs. Avery is also Il clever pcn-and-
ink artist. She does her work rapidly and
apparently without effort. Her duties oc-
cupy about two hours day, and her
salary is 81 600 per annum.
Lucy LARCoM and Whittier have Il good
deal Of liking for each others society, and
it happens now and then that the Quaker
poet leaves his retreat at Oak Knoll, Dan
vers, Mass, where he spends more of his
time Of late years than at Amcsbury. 10
make one Of his rare trips to the village.
meeting Miss Larcom AZ the house of a
common friend. There under the gam
brel roof" that Miss Larcom has common.
grated in sprightly verse the two hold com.
munion, while the practical villagers pass
ing outside irreverently grumble not little
at Whitticrs inyeterate habit of tying his
horse and leaving him standing across the
sidewalk.
COZ late years the Treasury has been
presided over by comparatively old men,
writes Il Washington correspondent. Fol.
ger was G3 years old when he was ap.
pointed, Sherman was nearly GO, and Bout.
well and Chase were well up in years.
Manning was 81. and gray had begun to
sprout in Gresham's beard before Arthur
chose him, and McCuloch Is an old man.
Hamilton organized the Treasury depart
ment at 80. Oliver Wolcott, his successor,
was 80, and the first seven Secretaries
were under 80 at the time of their appoint.
mcnt. Men grew faster in pioneer days.
Gallatin was just 40 when he became JET.
ferson's Secretary of the Treasury, and,
after serving about fourteen years he was
about the are Of Manning when first ap.
pointed. Dexter, who preceded Gallatin,
was AZ.
Mr.. r. c. HEAD, president of the Inter.
National Range association, has had a
characteristic Western career. Born in
Missouri, he went to Texas while yet boy
and there made his first money in gather
ing bones and horns on the plains When
older he went TO work rs a cowboy at a
salary of SO month. In various ways
he managed To accumulate 5000, which
he invested in the cattle business. but
through the incompetency or rascaiity Of
those he trusted all was lost. He again
went 10 work as cowboy and accumu.
lated a little money. and then entered on
the business Of driving cattle north. lie
made money rapidly thus. and, attracting
attention by his ability, was given charge
OF the Prairie Land and Cattle company
at n salary of $50 900 per annum. For
three years lac continued in control, when
the company desiring TO curtail expenses.
offered him a salary of lj,00O which lac
refused, The company failed soon after
ward while Mr.. Head went into the cattle
business, accumulating Il large fortune.